towpath
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The 55-year-old spotted the pop-up film set being created while walking his dog along the canal towpath.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2024
He was later captured by police while riding a bicycle on a canal towpath in west London.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2024
Not long after that he was arrested on a canal towpath in nearby Northolt.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2024
Jo Becket, location manager for production firm Oblik, said in a letter to businesses that the canal towpath in the area around Gas Street basin was due to be closed until 18:00 BST on Tuesday.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2024
There was a towpath on the western side of the water—Malcolm’s right—but it needed clearing.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
The canal and towpaths in the affected area were closed since Monday.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2024
King Alfred’s Way was developed by upgrading some sections of footpath to allow cycling and using existing bridleways, byways, towpaths and quiet roads.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2020
His bike of seven years was a Specialized Rockhopper, a mid-level mountain bike with front shocks, ideal for traversing wooded trails, canal towpaths and sturdy enough for the ride he took across Iowa.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2019
People do it behind motorboats and Jet Skis and, if necessary, cars, trucks, tractors, and horses running on irrigation-ditch towpaths.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
For preventing offences against decency by persons using the River Thames, and the banks and towpaths thereof, or any land acquired by the Conservators under the provisions of this Act.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
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